Jessica Meir

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission returned to Earth after nearly eight months in space, with its Dragon capsule splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off California on October 8

The spacewalk, designated U.S. Spacewalk 96, began at approximately 8:35 a.m. Eastern time, with NASA's live coverage starting at 7 a.m. Eastern on the agency's free NASA+ streaming app, as well as on Amazon Prime and YouTube

“Freddy,” who posts under the handle @FreddyLA7, has been documenting his travels across the United States with a mix of curiosity and enthusiasm—turning everyday stops into widely shared moments and drawing attention from brands, celebrities and government officials alike

ISS crew briefly shelters in Dragon capsule as Russian team checks leak repairs

Even if there is some patchy cloud, the Lyrids' tendency to produce bright bursts means it is often worth staying out for a short window of clear sky to catch a glimpse of these ancient celestial travellers

The Lyrids, one of the oldest known meteor showers with records dating back nearly 3,000 years to ancient China, reached maximum activity around 19:15 UTC on April 22 as Earth plowed through debris left by long-period comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)

The Lyrid Meteor Shower will reach its dazzling peak in the coming days, with up to 20 shooting stars per hour

The tendrils of Christina Koch’s flyaway hair swirled about in the gravityless cockpit of the Orion spacecraft, seeming to represent all of the untetheredness of the Artemis II mission

On Thursday, Orion’s service module fired its main engine for nearly six minutes in a precisely timed maneuver known as a translunar injection burn

The spacecraft lifted off at 5:15 a.m. Eastern Time Friday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida

The two-stage Falcon 9, topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule dubbed "Freedom", lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, along Florida's Atlantic Coast, at about 5:15 a.m. EST (1015 GMT)